Woodwork artist Takumi moves to a small village Asuka. He then meets Kayoko, a woman who went Read More »
Tag Archives: Naomi Kawase
Nanayomachi (2008) Nanayo – Naomi Kawase
A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand. Read More »
Sun on the Horizon / Hi wa katabuki (1996) Naomi Kawase, Uno Kawase
The last piece of the trilogy, following ‘Katatsumori’ and ‘See Heaven’, filming her grandma and herself. Read More »
Shara / Sharasôju (2003) Naomi Kawase, Kohei Fukungaga, Yuka Hyyoudo
The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso’s twin boys suddenly disappears. Read More »
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom / Tsuioku no dansu (2002) Naomi Kawase, Kazuo Nishii, Chizuko Nishii
The director agrees to film the last days of her chronically ill friend Read More »
Radiance / Hikari (2017) Naomi Kawase, Masatoshi Nagase, Ayame Misaki, Tatsuya Fuji
At a firm specializing in creating audio descriptions for films to serve the visually impaired Read More »
Still the Water / Futatsume no mado (2014) Naomi Kawase, Nijirô Murakami, Jun Yoshinaga, Miyuki Matsuda
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. Read More »
Katatsumori (1994) Naomi Kawase, Uno Kawase
Koma (2009) Naomi Kawase
A Japanese-Korean man (Kitamura Kizuki) travels to a village in Nara to fulfill his late grandfather’s final wish. Read More »
The Mourning Forest (2007) Naomi Kawase, Yôichirô Saitô, Kanako Masuda, Machiko Ono
A care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country Read More »